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Emerald Spreadwing

Lestes dryas

The Emerald Spreadwing is a beautiful dragonfly with bright green wings. It loves to flutter around wetlands and ponds, showing off its shiny colors to everyone nearby.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Emerald Spreadwing has a vibrant metallic green body that shines in the sunlight, often with pale yellow stripes on its sides. Its clear wings are held spread out and angled back when resting, making it look different from many other damselflies that fold their wings over their backs.

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Emerald Spreadwing
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Emerald Spreadwing

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Their babies live underwater for years, breathing with special tail gills!

These insects use spiky legs like a basket to scoop up flying snacks in mid-air!

They lay their tiny eggs right inside plant stems, often under the water!

When resting, Emerald Spreadwings hold their wings wide open, unlike most other damselflies!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Spreadwing Posture

Emerald Spreadwing can hold its wings open at rest because this posture helps them warm up faster in the sun.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Hunter

Emerald Spreadwing has gills on its tail as a nymph that helps them breathe and hunt aquatic prey underwater for years.

Fähigkeit

Aerial Snatcher

Emerald Spreadwing can catch tiny flying insects in mid-air because its agile flight allows for precise, quick maneuvers.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
40-55 mm
Größe
35-45 mm
Lebenserwartung
15-60 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Hungry hunters, Emerald Spreadwings mostly eat small insects, both as adults and as aquatic nymphs!

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs eat aquatic invertebrates; adults eat flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • Mosquitoes
  • Midges
  • Small flies
  • Gnats
  • Aphids

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Helps control mosquito populations.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

Frogs often feast on adult damselflies.

eats

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Large fish consume aquatic nymphs.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Be gentle and quiet around dragonflies so they don't get scared.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Emerald Spreadwing?

40-55 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Emerald Spreadwing?

35-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Emerald Spreadwing?

15-60 Tage

Was frisst Emerald Spreadwing?

Hungry hunters, Emerald Spreadwings mostly eat small insects, both as adults and as aquatic nymphs!

Wo findet man Emerald Spreadwing normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Emerald Spreadwing?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Emerald Spreadwing?

6

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